Scholars may wax eloquent about syncretic traditions, but a visit to a darga will show what the word truly means. The darga of Syed Madani in Ullal, popularly known as the “Ullal dargah”, is one su...
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Thousands of believers congregated at mosques, stadiums, and open grounds on Monday to celebrate Bakrid, an important Islamic occasion to mark prophet Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his only s...
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AIADMK government in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday increased the pension to ulemas and announced a Rs. three crore financial assistance to the state Wakf Board besides doubling the annual subsidy to the H...
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As protests continue in support of the assassin of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer, masked men entered a girls' school in Rawalpindi on Friday and roughed up students and teachers before leaving with...
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The State government is trying to secure an additional 2,000 seats for Haj pilgrims of the State. Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy has already represented to the Government of India in this reg...
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Kailash Satyarthi of India and Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan received the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 for their pioneering work on promoting child rights in the subcontinent, as they made an impassioned plea to globalise compassion.
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